10148 from Shop@Home

[cnelson]

Just was looking at Shop@Home and noticed that 10148 Assorted Plates in old light gray were listed as "Backorders Accepted, will ship by 07 Nov 2005." To my way of thinking, there are only a couple of possibilities:

1) They have to ship more from Denmark to sell in the US.
2) Lego is able to produce more in the old color...

I tried setting the shipping country to UK, France, Germany, and Denmark, all of which said that the item was not available in that country...

Paging Scully and Mulder...

Carl

[Athos]

I'm pretty sure its option number 1, not 2. Old grey and brown have gone the way of the dodo...

Steve

[bombcar]

I seem to remember Jake complaining that he convinced Lego to do a 10,000 set run of those old grey brick packs, and they didn't sell very many.

[psu_ericksen]

I seem to remember Jake complaining that he convinced Lego to do a 10,000 set run of those old grey brick packs, and they didn't sell very many.

Yes, that is correct. 10,000 of each bag in old grey and brown. And Jake was bummed that they didn't sell out.

1) They have to ship more from Denmark to sell in the US.

Most likely a supply chain issue since we were told that when these are gone, that's it.

2) Lego is able to produce more in the old color...

Well, LEGO is able to produce more in the old colors. They just lack the will.


Sean

[Norro]

Just was looking at Shop@Home and noticed that 10148 Assorted Plates in old light gray were listed as "Backorders Accepted, will ship by 07 Nov 2005." To my way of thinking, there are only a couple of possibilities:

1) They have to ship more from Denmark to sell in the US.
2) Lego is able to produce more in the old color...

I tried setting the shipping country to UK, France, Germany, and Denmark, all of which said that the item was not available in that country...

Paging Scully and Mulder...

Carl

I was curious about this as well... some of the other old colours are still available... I wonder...

God Bless,

Nathan

[architect]

It was mentioned at BrickFest 05 that the old grey/brown packs did not sell out but they sold much better in the US than in Europe. They were not sure why this was the case. So it is possible that more of the pack are being shipped over from Europe. I will have to ask Jake about this.

Ben

[monophoton]

Maybe I am way of here, but 10148 is produced in the new light gray as it states in its description. There are no more old gray packs being sold in the US as far as I know. Or am I way off on the point here?

[Gumby]

The description for 10148 says:

These elements have been produced in the 2003 color scheme.

Most, if not all, 2004 and newer sets have the new colours.

As for why the packs sold better in US, I remember hearing about Europeans being able to get parts in the old colours from the various Pick-A-Bricks at the major LEGOLAND parks. Getting them from PAB was much cheaper than ordering the assorted brick/plate packs.

[monophoton]

AFAIK 2003 color scheme = NEW grays. The appeared in some 2003 sets like:

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=4410-1

Does anyone know for sure?

[SavaTheAggie]

AFAIK 2003 color scheme = NEW grays. The appeared in some 2003 sets like:

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=4410-1

Does anyone know for sure?

Officially, the 2003 color scheme was the end of the old greys being standard LEGO colors. It is true new greys have been seen in 2003 sets, just as old greys have been seen in 2004-5 sets.

The earliest known, to me, instance of new greys in a pre-2004 set is here, a 2002 blister pack I got from a LEGO event:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savat ... erpack.jpg

--Anthony